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U.S.S. Oregon, after bridge and search lights

U.S.S. Oregon, after bridge and search lights

Public domain photograph of American ship, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S.S. Oregon, after bridge and search lights

U.S.S. Oregon, after bridge and search lights

"Hart" and "863" on negative. Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 020825. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

U.S.S. Texas, searchlight from Vizcaya replacing one destroyed in Battle of Santiago

U.S.S. Texas, searchlight from Vizcaya replacing one destroyed in Batt...

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U.S.S. Texas, searchlight from Vizcaya replacing one destroyed in Battle of Santiago

U.S.S. Texas, searchlight from Vizcaya replacing one destroyed in Batt...

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J (1901). Detroit Publishing Co. no. 021017. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949. Edward H. Hart, American photographer active about 1890

Washington Barracks -- anti-aircraft searchlights

Washington Barracks -- anti-aircraft searchlights

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Election night illumination, Flatiron Building

Election night illumination, Flatiron Building

Print shows people strolling in front of the Flatiron Building, which has lights in every window and a searchlight on the roof. 18606 U.S. Copyright Office. Printed on verso: "Compliments of N.Y. Sunday Americ... More

Searchlight on Mt. Lowe Observatory, Cal., and San Gabriel Valley

Searchlight on Mt. Lowe Observatory, Cal., and San Gabriel Valley

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage California postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

London searchlights, Thames River and Parliament Bldg.

London searchlights, Thames River and Parliament Bldg.

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Why girls leave home / L.M. Glackens.

Why girls leave home / L.M. Glackens.

Illustration shows a mother sitting on a porch with a searchlight trained on her daughter and her boyfriend as they fly overhead in an airplane. Caption: The Maid-in-the-Air (to her Steady) I think it's awful... More

Nothing can keep it out / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Nothing can keep it out / K. - Political cartoon, public domain image

Illustration shows a strong beam of light labeled "Republican Tariff's Responsibility for High Cost of Living" flooding the home of a family sitting around a table; the beam of light comes from a tall building ... More

Searchlights over Charing Cross, London

Searchlights over Charing Cross, London

England, London. Night view over rooftops with searchlights glaring in all directions, giving church tower in far right a ghostly glow. Inscribed on verso of mount: 3957. Inscribed on verso of mount: TR 1643/42... More

Joseph Pennell - Searchlights behind St. Paul's

Joseph Pennell - Searchlights behind St. Paul's

Lithograph by Joseph Pennell. No. 398 in Wuerth, Catalogue of the Lithographs of Joseph Pennell. This record contains unverified data from old caption card, with subsequent revisions.

It is far better to face the bullets than to be killed at home by a bomb. Join the army at once & help to stop an air raid. God save the king / Andrew Reid & Co., Ltd., 50, Grey Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

It is far better to face the bullets than to be killed at home by a bo...

Poster showing a dirigible in the night sky over London, illuminated by a searchlight.

Each recruit brings peace nearer / printed by Andrew Reid & Co., Ltd., 50 Grey Street, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

Each recruit brings peace nearer / printed by Andrew Reid & Co., Ltd.,...

Poster showing a searchlight beam in the night sky above London. Poster no. 86.

“Mobile anti-aircraft searchlights…”

“Mobile anti-aircraft searchlights…”

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Official United States war films now being shown / The Hegeman Print N.Y.

Official United States war films now being shown / The Hegeman Print N...

Poster showing an airplane casting a searchlight on the water, as a sailor on a small gunboat peers through binoculars. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Searchlights, New Bedford Massachusetts

Searchlights, New Bedford Massachusetts

This black-and-white photograph is part of a group of twelve. There are tents, trees, and soldiers in the background. Courtesy of New Bedford Free Public Library

Official United States war films now being shown / The Hegeman Print N.Y.

Official United States war films now being shown / The Hegeman Print N...

Poster showing a patrol boat, and an airplane shining a searchlight on the sea.

Official United States war films / H. Devitt Welsh.

Official United States war films / H. Devitt Welsh.

Poster showing a battleship with searchlights flaring. Produced by Signal Corps USA and Committee on Public Information. Forms part of: Willard and Dorothy Straight Collection.

Boats. Navy boats at night with searchlights

Boats. Navy boats at night with searchlights

The Theodor Horydczak Collection - architecture and social life of Washington DC in the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s.

These powerful 800,000,000 candle power searchlights are used to detect the "enemy"

These powerful 800,000,000 candle power searchlights are used to detec...

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Player's Please, Leinster, Ireland

Player's Please, Leinster, Ireland

Glorious searchlit photo of the heart of Dublin, with the city en fête for the 31st International Eucharistic Congress...Date: (Almost certainly) Saturday, 25 June 1932..NLI Ref.: IND_H_2068 ( IND_H_2068 )

Civilian defense. This overhead switch controls the output of a 110-volt direct current generator, operating at 10 kilowatts to supply power to provide power for the two searchlights on the roof of the huge Emergency Service truck. There are also several auxilliary lights runs out from the truck and powered by this generator. This truck in New York City is the only one of its kind, so far

Civilian defense. This overhead switch controls the output of a 110-vo...

Public domain photograph of New York City, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Fort Story. Coast artillery. Powerful searchlights in sandbagged emplacements like this play an important part in the work of the coast artillery at Fort Story, Virginia

Fort Story. Coast artillery. Powerful searchlights in sandbagged empla...

Picryl description: Public domain image of military training, armed forces fort, camp, exercise activity, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Ice cubes to searchlights. Edward O'Rourke, who until recently did line welding on electric refrigerator condensors, is now working on the assembly of eight million candlepower, sixty-inch anti-aircraft searchlights being made for the U.S. Army. O'Rourke is one of the hundreds of refrigerator employees transferred to war work when the last civilian refregerator came off the lines

Ice cubes to searchlights. Edward O'Rourke, who until recently did lin...

Picryl description: Public domain image of an aircraft, assembly line, industrial facility, 1930s aviation, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Conversion (auto accessory plant). Photo shows Benjamin Lapides (right) and his father Leon Lapides, owners of the firm at work assembling signalling devices for the U.S Navy searchlights. Firm converted from manufacture of automotive accessories to ninety percent war production

Conversion (auto accessory plant). Photo shows Benjamin Lapides (right...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ice cubes to searchlights. Edward O'Rourke, who until recently did line welding on electric refrigerator condensors, is now working on the assembly of eight million candlepower, sixty-inch anti-aircraft searchlights being made for the U.S. Army. O'Rourke is one of the hundreds of refrigerator employees transferred to war work when the last civilian refregerator came off the lines

Ice cubes to searchlights. Edward O'Rourke, who until recently did lin...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More

Ice cubes to searchlights. Edward O'Rourke, formerly a line welder on electric refrigerator condensors, is here shown at his old job. He is now using his skill in the assembling of high-powered, anti-aircraft searchlights

Ice cubes to searchlights. Edward O'Rourke, formerly a line welder on ...

Actual size of negative is B (approximately 5 x 7 inches). Title and other information from print in lot and lot catalog card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Wash... More

Ice cubes to searchlights. Edward O'Rourke, formerly a line welder on electric refrigerator condensors, is here shown at his old job. He is now using his skill in the assembling of high-powered, anti-aircraft searchlights

Ice cubes to searchlights. Edward O'Rourke, formerly a line welder on ...

Public domain photograph of indoor, interior activity, America in the 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-3 on Launch Pad 39A with searchlights during loading tests. Photo credit: NASA KSC-82PC-0247

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-3 on Launch Pad 39A with searchlights durin...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - STS-3 on Launch Pad 39A with searchlights during loading tests. Photo credit: NASA

Silhouetted by searchlights directed toward it, the STS-3 Space Shuttle undergoes propellant loading tests

Silhouetted by searchlights directed toward it, the STS-3 Space Shuttl...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Kennedy Space Center State: Florida (FL) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Publ... More

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rotating service structure has pulled back to the prelaunch position, the shuttle Challenger sits at Launch Pad 39-A bathed in billion candlepower searchlights ready to embark on it fourth space mission STS-41B, the 10th flight of the space shuttle. Photo Credit: NASA KSC-84PC-0080

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the ro...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, the rotating service structure has pulled back to the prelaunch position, the shuttle Challenger sits at Launch Pad 39-A bathed in billion candlep... More

Night picture of searchlight. during World War I

Night picture of searchlight. during World War I

Public domain photograph related to Germany in World War One, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York by Sperry searchlight, skyline from East River

New York by Sperry searchlight, skyline from East River

J233610 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain image of New York City buildings, cityscape, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Setting up large searchlight in advance lines, Vosges sector

Setting up large searchlight in advance lines, Vosges sector

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18838. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Setting up large searchlight in advance lines, Vosges sector

Setting up large searchlight in advance lines, Vosges sector

Stereograph title from item. Series title and number from accompanying guide book (call number: D521.H32). Keystone catalog no. V18838. Copyright by The Keystone View Company. Purchase; Jeffrey Kraus; 2009; (DL... More

Searchlight on Mt. Lowe Observatory, Cal., and San Gabriel Valley

Searchlight on Mt. Lowe Observatory, Cal., and San Gabriel Valley

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

“Mobile anti-aircraft searchlights…”

“Mobile anti-aircraft searchlights…”

Picryl description: Public domain photo of Japanese painting, free to use art, no copyright restrictions image.

Searchlights in the sky

Searchlights in the sky

This is a glass slide creating an almost cinematic scene of a grand building and fountain illuminated by dramatic searchlights in the sky. .The slide has no stated date, but is believed to have been taken by So... More

State Lib Qld 2 161771 Searchlight at Fort Lytton

State Lib Qld 2 161771 Searchlight at Fort Lytton

Searchlight at Fort Lytton. Caption under photograph reads: Working the searchlight in the fort. (The Queenslander, 15 January 1910).

An Avro Lancaster Mk III of No. 103 Squadron pauses on the flarepath at Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, before taking off for a raid on Duisburg, 26 March 1943. In the background three searchlights form a cone to i CH9029

An Avro Lancaster Mk III of No. 103 Squadron pauses on the flarepath a...

An Avro Lancaster Mk III of No. 103 Squadron pauses on the flarepath at Elsham Wolds, Lincolnshire, before taking off for a raid on Duisburg, 26 March 1943. In the background three searchlights form a cone to i... More

British Eighth Army Troops Crossing the River Po, Beyond Ferrara, Italy, 28 April 1945 TR2848

British Eighth Army Troops Crossing the River Po, Beyond Ferrara, Ital...

British Eighth Army Troops Crossing the River Po, Beyond Ferrara, Italy, 28 April 1945 Men of the Royal Artillery erecting a searchlight overlooking the pontoon Bailey bridge over the River Po.

British Eighth Army Troops Crossing the River Po, Beyond Ferrara, Italy, 28 April 1945 TR2849

British Eighth Army Troops Crossing the River Po, Beyond Ferrara, Ital...

British Eighth Army Troops Crossing the River Po, Beyond Ferrara, Italy, 28 April 1945 Men of the Royal Artillery erecting a searchlight overlooking the pontoon Bailey bridge over the River Po. The bridge can b... More

OldCityHall1901 - A black and white photo of a street at night

OldCityHall1901 - A black and white photo of a street at night

Toronto City Hall Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Les Islettes. Projecteur - Fonds Berthelé - 49Fi747

Les Islettes. Projecteur - Fonds Berthelé - 49Fi747

Français : Photo d'un projecteur aux Islettes (Meuse). 1916. Guerre 1914-1918.

Les Islettes. Projecteurs - Fonds Berthelé - 49Fi748

Les Islettes. Projecteurs - Fonds Berthelé - 49Fi748

Français : Plan rapproché d'un projecteur aux Islettes (Meuse). 1916. Guerre 1914-1918.

Searchlight Practice - USA Fleet (10046980456), Sydney, NSW, Australia

Searchlight Practice - USA Fleet (10046980456), Sydney, NSW, Australia

This black and white photographic postcard is inscribed 'Searchlight Practice - USA Fleet'. It features four of the American Great White Fleet vessels illuminated with searchlights. This postcard was produced t... More

Searchlight practice, USA Fleet (9945624706), Sydney, NSW, Australia

Searchlight practice, USA Fleet (9945624706), Sydney, NSW, Australia

In December 1907 United States President Theodore Roosevelt sent the US Atlantic Battle Fleet of 16 battleships, all painted white in peacetime colours, on a 14 month goodwill cruise around the world. The voyag... More

Public domain image of "wink” (Unsplash)

Public domain image of "wink” (Unsplash)

Houston, United States A street light on a pole with a blue sky in the background. This image is from Unsplash and was published prior to 5 June 2017 under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain... More

Pershing Square, 1941 - A black and white photo of a crowd of people

Pershing Square, 1941 - A black and white photo of a crowd of people

Title: Listening post and air raid lights positioned in Perishing Square, Los Angeles, Calif., 1941 Publication:Los Angeles Times Publication date:December 19, 1941 http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewItem.do... More

1A1182101XVI058 (15061466350), Italy

1A1182101XVI058 (15061466350), Italy

Un projecteur italien. Public domain photograph related to the history of France, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Spotlights lighting up the night sky (17738369704)

Spotlights lighting up the night sky (17738369704)

Item is one of 123 pen-and-ink drawings and watercolours from two volumes titled: "Sketches of the War: France/Belgium". The sketches vary from satirical cartoons to more detailed and naturalistic renditions. ... More

WWII 109.B2.F6.21

WWII 109.B2.F6.21

Photograph of Victory in Europe (V-E) night in Antwerp, Belgium, on May 8, 1945. Lights beams are seen being shown into the air, and bomb or rockets are sailing in the sky [May 8, 1945]. From William L. Flour... More

Evacuation of a searchlight in Mäkiluoto in 1944 (SA-kuva 163961)

Evacuation of a searchlight in Mäkiluoto in 1944 (SA-kuva 163961)

Suomi: Valonheittimen siirto. Kuvauspaikka: Mäkiluoto.

Light-vault-Helsinki-1967 - Helsinki, Finland

Light-vault-Helsinki-1967 - Helsinki, Finland

Photograph of a “vault of light” created over the Presidential Palace in Helsinki using 20 searchlights when the 50th anniversary of Finnish independence was celebrated.

Manoeuvre des projecteurs sur la Tour Eiffel (L’Exposition de Paris (1889), Vol. 1 et 2, Paris (Libr. Ill.) 1889, p. 288)

Manoeuvre des projecteurs sur la Tour Eiffel (L’Exposition de Paris (1...

Français : 'Manoeuvre des projecteurs sur la Tour Eiffel' AKG Images, reference n°: 5FK-P1-D17-1889-23-B Deutsch: Elektrische Scheinwerfer auf d. obersten Plattform des Eiffelturms). Holzstich. Aus: L'Exposi... More

Tour Eiffel - Projecteurs Sauter et Lemonnier au sommet de la tour en 1900

Tour Eiffel - Projecteurs Sauter et Lemonnier au sommet de la tour en ...

Français : Tour Eiffel - Projecteurs Sauter et Lemonnier au sommet de la tour en 1900

Two Mangin type projectors on the 4th platform of the Eiffel Tower

Two Mangin type projectors on the 4th platform of the Eiffel Tower

Two Mangin type projectors on the 4th platform of the Eiffel Tower. They had 90 cm diameter, adopted for the defense of the coast. They rested on a circular Decauville track to move them around quickly.

BASA-3K-7-411-7-First Balkan War

BASA-3K-7-411-7-First Balkan War

Български: Снимка от Балканската война. Албум със снимки с военно исторически характер от Балканската война. English: First Balkan War Հայերեն: Առաջին Բալկանյան պատերազմ, պատմառազմական լուսանկար

Engelsche vliegers - A poster for a movie with a picture of a man flying through the sky

Engelsche vliegers - A poster for a movie with a picture of a man flyi...

Nederlands: Engelsche vliegers Al vroeg in 1940 liet de Duitse bezetter dit affiche ophangen. Bij de Nederlanders, die het bombardement van Rotterdam door de Duitsers nog vers in het geheugen hadden, viel dat ... More

Brockhaus-Efron Searchlight 1 - Public domain book illustration

Brockhaus-Efron Searchlight 1 - Public domain book illustration

Русский: Иллюстрация к статье Электрический прожектор из энциклопедии Брокгауза и Ефрона

Brockhaus-Efron Searchlight 2 - Public domain book illustration

Brockhaus-Efron Searchlight 2 - Public domain book illustration

Русский: Иллюстрация к статье Электрический прожектор из энциклопедии Брокгауза и Ефрона

Attempt of blocking Port-Arthur

Attempt of blocking Port-Arthur

Attempt of blocking Port Arthur on march 27 1904 during the russo-japanese war. Français : La tentative d'embouteillage de Port Arthur le 27 mars 1904 pendant la guerre russo japonaise.

8 A Blackbuck Hunt. Kotah, ca. 1775 Walters art Museum, Baltimor

8 A Blackbuck Hunt. Kotah, ca. 1775 Walters art Museum, Baltimor

A Deer Hunt. Kotah, ca. 1775 Walters art Museum, Baltimor Public domain photograph - night sky, astronomy, universe, space, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Иллюстрация к статье «Автомобиль». Фиг. № 7. Военная энциклопедия Сытина. Том 1 (СПб., 1911—1915)

Иллюстрация к статье «Автомобиль». Фиг. № 7. Военная энциклопедия Сыти...

Русский: Изображение из «Военной энциклопедии» изданной книгоиздательским товариществом Ивана Дмитриевича Сытина. Санкт-Петербург; 1911—1915 гг. Фото к статье «Автомобиль».

Michael Schultz Suchscheinwerfer

Michael Schultz Suchscheinwerfer

Aufnahme eines Suchscheinwerfers an einem Fahrgestell. Bild SG_0437

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing (NHQ201912220002)

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing (NHQ201912220002)

The moon is seen behind the spotlight that will follow the Boeing CST-100 Starliner as it lands in White Sands, New Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The spacecraft is scheduled to land around 5:57am after an abb... More

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing (NHQ201912220103)

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing (NHQ201912220103)

The International Space Station, a search light, and the Moon are seen in this long exposure photograph as teams from Boeing, NASA, and U.S. Army personnel prepare for the Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft l... More

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing (NHQ201912220101)

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing (NHQ201912220101)

CST-100 Starliner spacecraft landing in White Sands, New Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The landing will complete an abbreviated Orbital Flight Test for the company that still meets several mission objectives ... More

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing (NHQ201912220008)

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing (NHQ201912220008)

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is seen landing in this 30 sec. exposure in White Sands, New Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The landing completes an abbreviated Orbital Flight Test for the company that... More

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing (NHQ201912220009)

Boeing CST-100 Starliner Landing (NHQ201912220009)

The Boeing CST-100 Starliner spacecraft is seen landing in this 30 sec. exposure in White Sands, New Mexico, Sunday, Dec. 22, 2019. The landing completes an abbreviated Orbital Flight Test for the company that... More

The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1893) (14593821818)

The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 (1893) (14593821818)

Identifier: worldscolumbiane02whit (find matches) Title: The World's Columbian exposition, Chicago, 1893 Year: 1893 (1890s) Authors: White, Trumbull, 1868-1941 Igleheart, William, (from old catalog) joint au... More

Ed d21m

Ed d21m

Edison and his searchlight cart in 1915, from the Smithsonian.

LYS 76 Searchlight

LYS 76 Searchlight

76. - Lyskaster. - Lyskaster i Thorvaldsens museum 76. - Searchlight. - Searchlight in Thorvaldsens museum

“Mobile anti-aircraft searchlights…”

“Mobile anti-aircraft searchlights…”

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Der Scheinwerfer im Kriege. Links Beobachtungsoffizier und Telegraphist, welcher der nächsten Artilleriestellung den feindlichen Flieger ankündigt.

Der Scheinwerfer im Kriege. Links Beobachtungsoffizier und Telegraphis...

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Oesterreichischer 120er Scheinwerfer-Zug auf der Fahrt zur Isonzo-Front.

Oesterreichischer 120er Scheinwerfer-Zug auf der Fahrt zur Isonzo-Fron...

Public domain photograph of an automobile, 1910s car, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Dreamland, Coney Island postcard

Dreamland, Coney Island postcard

Picryl description: Public domain photo of vintage New York postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

“Mobile anti-aircraft searchlights…”

“Mobile anti-aircraft searchlights…”

Picryl description: Public domain image related to politics, political campaigns, committee, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dreamland, Coney Island postcard

Dreamland, Coney Island postcard

Picryl description: Public domain historical photo of the address side of postcard, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.